books.google.cz - First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing a general theoretical framework for institutional change geared to the general reader....http://books.google.cz/books/about/The_Rise_of_the_Western_World.html?hl=cs&id=MEh_54l-dK8C&q=serf&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Rise of the Western World